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Horse with the BASE color of:
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With
ONE creme dilution gene added becomes:
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With
TWO creme dilution genes added becomes:
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SORREL/CHESTNUT
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Red based horse with no black gene and no dilution gene
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PALOMINO
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sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of
the creme dilition gene
from one of its parents, giving it a coat ranging in color from pale cream
to golden to chocolate and has a white mane and tail.
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CREMELLO
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sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of
the creme gene from both of its parents, and has
pink skin, blue eyes, cream to nearly white hair coat, and a white mane and
tail.
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BAY
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Black based horse with the "bay" gene, which restricts the black
to the mane, tail and legs (also called black "points") and no
dilution gene
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BUCKSKIN
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Bay horse that recieved one copy of the creme dilution gene from one of its parents, giving it
a diluted hair coat (the color can range from very pale cream, to gold, to
a dark "smutty" color,) and has black "points".
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PERLINO
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Bay horse that recieved one copy of the creme gene from both of its parents, and has pink skin,
blue eyes, a cream to white colored coat and a darker mane and tail (often
orange or red tinted).
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BLACK
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Black based horse with no "bay" gene, and no dilution gene,
ranging from "true" black to brown in appearance.
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SMOKY
BLACK
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Black horse that recieved one copy of the creme dilution gene from one of its parents, but
probably looks no different than any other black or brown horse.
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SMOKY
CREAM
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Black horse that recieved one copy of the creme gene from both of its parents, possessing pink
skin, blue eyes, and an orange or red cast to the entire hair coat.
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